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Old and gay part two. Why we need role models – a 23 year-old writes
By Freddie Norton on 24 June, 2010
As a gay man of 23 I have lived my formative years in a completely different world to anyone over the age of 60, but particularly anyone who’s gay. When I was 10 years old Tony Blair came to power along with changing public attitudes to gay people and gay rights. When I started to [...]
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